The Monkton, Vermont, Papers document the early organization of the town of Monkton and the lives of early Monkton families. Many of the organizational documents are written in the hand of various town officials and some precede the charter of Monkton (June 24, 1762). With these early town records are a number of genealogies pertaining to prominent Monkton families; personal, business, and legal papers belonging to early Monkton residents; and written town history. The collection occupies 1.25 linear feet of shelf space.
Municipal, business, and legal records include tax apportionments, justice records, treasury accountings, vital statistics, writs, deeds, bonds, petitions, annual town reports, receipts, etc. Personal family papers include correspondence, diaries, albums, account books, news clippings, photographs, etc. Photographs constitute a separate series [folder numbers 30-41]. Where photographs were removed from their original placement, a separation sheet was inserted to mark the location.
The collection was donated to the Vermont Historical Society in 1986 by Carl W. Hathaway of Essex Junction, Vermont (ms. acc. no. 86.16). We believe that the collection came to him from his wife, Ruth, and a long line of Monkton town clerks.
Organization of the Collection
The Monkton, Vermont, Papers are organized into six series by type of material. At the folder level the items are filed first by type of material and, when appropriate, by family name. Within the folders the papers are arranged chronologically when possible.
The series are:
I. Town, Business and Organizational
Records
II. Genealogy
III. Family Papers
IV. Family Papers from Other Towns
V. Miscellaneous Papers
VI. Photographs
I. Town, Business & Organizational Records
Doc 381 Folder 1 Monkton School Department, apportionment
of town taxes, 1939-46
2 Monkton Kaolin Company, bankruptcy
petition and schedules, 1901
3 Monkton, annual town report for the year
ending 1887
4 _____, notes compiled regarding town
history
5 _____, Justice records book (Daniel
Collins, J.P.), 1815-ca.1822
6 _____, Records of deaths, 1861-1896.
Book containing record of deaths in Monkton,
1861-1896, also contains news clippings and
various financial and personal accountings.
II. Monkton Genealogy
7 Wing, Holmes, Titus, Doty/Doten, Thomas,
and Haight Families
8 Smith, Belknap, Ball, Stilson, and Dean
Families
9 Chamberlain, Comstock and Farr Families.
M. Zoe Farr was town clerk of Monkton,
ca.1927-ca.1934. Folder contains Farr papers
including correspondence, mainly genealogical
in nature, and a deed dated 1934.
III. Monkton, Vermont, Family Papers
10 Holmes/Thomas Family, correspondence,
1801-1872
11 _____, _____, 1874-1947
12 Holmes family, business, legal and
miscellaneous papers, 1805-1865
13 Mary Ann Holmes Thomas, autograph album, 1842-1899
14 Andrew Holmes, diary and account book, 1812-1823
15 Thomas family, business and legal papers, 1814-1869
16 _____, _____, 1873-1935
17 _____, miscellaneous papers
Locks of hair from Elvira, George, and Lorinda Thomas
Notated calendar sheet (Jan. 1895) &
duplicate photocopy sent to Ruth Hathaway
by Letty Thomas
Scrap of paper & duplicate photocopy,
dated March, 1892, containing handwritten
poem and other notations, sent to Ruth
Hathaway by Letty Thomas
Two small books:
a. "History and anecdotes of the
elephant," bears name of George A. Thomas
b. "Jenny Harper"
18 Frederic Smith, Smith Family papers,
ca.1754-1795. Folder contains personal,
legal and business papers along with writs,
justice records, treasury accounts, and deeds
pertaining to the town of Monkton, Vermont.
19 _____, _____, 1796-ca.1860
20 Hurlbut/Hurlburt Family, business
papers, 1851-1864
21 Moore Family, papers, 1740-1817
22 Dean Family, correspondence, 1915-1963
IV. Family Papers from Other Towns
23 Blackmer Family, Westford, Vermont, 1856-1891
24 Shaw Family [principally Daniel and
Rufus Shaw], Manchester, Williston,
Burlington, and Fairfax, Vermont, 1782-1830
25 Wheeler Family deeds, Calais,
Marshfield, and Cabot, Vermont, 1834-1850
26 Hathaway Family, correspondence and diary, 1950-1968
V. Miscellaneous
27 Manuscript lesson book for mathematics, ca.1825
28 Manuscript printing by James Johns, 1871.
a. "Vermont Autograph and Remarker," February 18, 1871
b. "First settlement of Huntington.
Attack of a bear on an ox," February 20, 1871.
29 Miscellaneous papers:
Archibald, David, Receipt dated July 17, 1761
Archibald, David, Note, [s.d]
Handwritten anecdote signed "Doolittle"
Handwritten poem, "A remarkable
dream," paper bears the names Sally and
Diadema Clark
Weeks, Refine, Petition, 1812
Alley, Sarah, Description of a "vision," 1798
Deed, Bukett[?] Bay, Massachusetts,
William Millikan to Henry Walker, [s.d.,
no seal]
Deed, Fairfax, Vermont, G.M. Huntley
to George Driscoll, 1922
Account book, [s.n.], 1777-1778
Account of a dream or "vision," [s.d.,
s.n.], possibly written by a sister of
Stephen Haight.
Letter to "Much esteemed Cousin,"
signed Phebe M. Haight, March 5, [no year]
Letter to "Dear Friend," signed
"Jude," January 14, [no year], written
from "Goodland"
Letter to "Dear Grandmother,"
September 2, [no year], from "Sarah"
Letter from Solon Clark, November 4,
1879, written from "Hancock"
Letter to Nathaniel Read, May 27,
1811, from Fanny Read
Receipt of goods from Chase & Smith,
Burlington, Vermont, May 13, 1864
Account book, [s.n., s.d.]
News clipping, poem, "Legend of
Bristol Money Diggings"
News clipping re: peat as heat
News clipping re: Boston Common
News clipping re: John B. Hollenbeck
News clipping, book review of The
Life of Henry Drummond by G.A. Smith
News clipping, pastry "receipt"
News clipping re: mental telepathy
News clipping re: Stiles McMullen of
St. Albans, Vermont
VI. Photographs
30 Palmer, Allen Francis, b. 1894,
Rutland, Vermont, photograph taken in
Thomasville, Georgia, in 1960
31 Haight Family, Two group photographs
taken in Janesville, Wisconsin, 1905
32 Haight, George, b. 1878, photograph taken in 1895
Haight, John, b. 1876, photograph taken in 1895
Haight, John Thomas, b. 1876, photograph taken in 1877
Haight, John T.
Haight, George Ives, photograph taken in 1882
Haight, William Harrison, photograph taken in 1882
Haight, Julia, two different photographs
Haight, Stephen, two different photographs
Haight, Ann
Haight, Ettie
Haight, Mary
Haight, Thomas
Haight, Stephen
Haight, George [b. 1878], Harrison, Albert [b. 1883],
John [b. 1876]
Haight Family, group photograph taken in 1927
33 Thomas, A.H.
Thomas, Arletty Moore
Thomas, Bolina Smith
Thomas, Charles and Andrew
Thomas, Mary Ann Holmes, d. 1901
Thomas, Mary E. Harris, photograph taken ca.1890
Thomas, C.A.
Thomas, Andrew H., b. 1855
Thomas, Andrew H., photograph taken ca. 1862
Thomas, Lorinda
Thomas, Charles A., photograph taken at age forty-one
Thomas, Lorinda
Thomas, G.C.
Thomas, J.R.
Thomas, Charles, d. 1940, photograph taken ca.1939
Thomas, Charles
Thomas home, East Monkton, Vermont, built
1827, photograph taken ca.1908
Thomas, Mary, photograph caption:
"Letty's first air plane ride in Middlebury"
Thomas, Andrew, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas, Bolina Smith, photograph and
negative [Negative removed, see VHS-X2673]
Thomas, Bolina Smith
34 Thomas, Lorinda
35 Pownder[?], Ann
Pownder[?], George
Doten, Lorette
Doten, J.H.
Barnum, Geo. E.
Warner, Harrison T.
Holmes, Andrew
36 Unidentified persons, four photographs
Miscellaneous: man speaking into a
telephone, triple image
37 Locational photographs:
Eaton farm, home of John and Bridget
Utley Haight and descendants
Ethan Allen monument, Green Mountain
Cemetary, Burlington, Vermont
_____, also grave of Ira Allen
Eaton farm, Haight family home
_____, _____
_____, _____
Room within Eaton house, Haight family
home
Home of Stephen and Anah Thomas Haight,
Barnumtown [Monkton], Vermont
_____, _____, _____
Bedroom within the home of Stephen and
Anah Haight
_____
Spinning wheel in the home of Stephen and
Anah Haight
Loom in the home of Stephen and Anah
Haight
Grave of Stephen Haight, Green Mountain
Cemetary, Burlington, Vermont
Farm of John and Rebecca Carter Thomas
Grave of John Thomas, d. 1799, Barnumtown
[Monkton], Vermont
Grave of Rebecca Carter Thomas Stone
Grave of Rebecca Haight Smith
Burial lot of Phelps family, Green
Mountain Cemetary, Burlington, Vermont
Home of Eliakim and Hannah Bliss[?],
Tommytown[?]
Burial lot of E.J. Phelps, Green Mountain
Cemetary, Burlington, Vermont
Holmes family farm, Monkton, Vermont
Ash house on Holmes family farm, Monkton,
Vermont
Nicholas Holmes[?] farm
Home of Andrew and Ruth Holmes,
Ferrisburg, Vermont
"Valley of humiliation," probably in
Monkton, Vermont
Quaker church, Monkton Ridge, Vermont
Grave of Ruth Cary Holmes, d. 1896
Tintypes: [All tintypes removed to FB-27]
Thomas, Lorinda
Thomas, George C.
Thomas, C.A.
Thomas, Andrew , two copies
Thomas, Andrew
Barnum, George E.
Unknown man
Unknown young man
Unknown woman and young lady
Stereoviews:
Cattle [removed to S-AN-CATTLE]
Farm scene [removed to S-AG-FARM SCENES]
Oxen [removed to S-AN-OXEN]
Ambrotypes: [All ambrotypes removed to FB-
27]
Unknown infant
Thomas, Charles and Andrew
Daguerreotype: [Removed to FB-23]
Thomas, Arletty Moore
Processed by
Kelly Nolin
September 1994